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Old 4th January 2011 | 20:50
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AB has 3 Hydraulic systems Blue Green and Yellow. Blue and yellow are connected by way of a power transfer unit (PTU) this allows the one hyd system to drive a pump pressurising the other & visa versa, they are normally powered by engine driven pumps. On pushback starting No2 (right engine) will pressurise the yellow system which will start a ptu test and power the blue system. It the PTU running which sounds like dogs barking or a sawing sound. The reverse happens on taxi in if the right engine is shut down unless the yellow electric pump is turned on.
Hope that helps but it is quite normal
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